move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

"The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

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Ramble(n.)

A section of woods suitable for leisurely walking.

Ramble(n.)

a type of dance; as, the Muskrat ramble.

Origin: [Cf. Rammel.]

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ramble(Noun)

A leisurely stroll; a recreational walk in the countryside.

ramble(Noun)

A rambling; an instance of someone talking at length without direction.

ramble(Verb)

To move about aimlessly, or on a winding course

ramble(Verb)

To walk for pleasure; to amble or saunter.

ramble(Verb)

To talk or write incessantly, unclearly, or incoherently, with many digressions.

Francine has a tendency to ramble when it gets to be late in the evening.

Origin: An altered form (with dissimilation of mm to mb) of dial. rammle, from *ramelen, frequentive of ; see roam.

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Ramble(verb)

to walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the city; to ramble over the world

Ramble(verb)

to talk or write in a discursive, aimless way

Ramble(verb)

to extend or grow at random

Ramble(noun)

a going or moving from place to place without any determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll merely for recreation

Ramble(noun)

a bed of shale over the seam

Origin: [Cf. Rammel.]

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Ramble

ram′bl, v.i. to go from place to place without object: to visit many places: to be desultory, as in discourse.—n. a roving about: an irregular excursion: a place in which to ramble.—n.Ram′bler.—adj.Ram′bling, moving about irregularly: desultory.—adv.Ram′blingly, in a rambling manner. [Freq. of M. E. ramen, to roam.]